Whispering Jack
Studio album by John FarnhamWikipedia
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Sep 29, 2026
Ken FrancisPANELIST
Michael Painter with the anthem was absolutely fantastic.
Ken FrancisPANELIST
And you can just see how good he's going to be doing the role of John Farnham in the Whispering Jack musical later next year.
Ken FrancisPANELIST
I've got to tell you, of course, we didn't have the great weather.
Ken FrancisPANELIST
We had fantastic weather all around it, but the actual day was lousy.
speaker_30UNKNOWN
In 1986, Australian singer John Farnham released his album
James WillisHOST
Whispering Jack.
James WillisHOST
And we're sending love and thoughts and prayers to John Farnham and his family this morning.
James WillisHOST
It was the first Australian album to be released on CD in 1986.
Michael McLarenHOST
Yes.
Michael McLarenHOST
Now, today also happens to mark 40 years since the release of the Whispering Jack album.
Michael McLarenHOST
Wow.
Michael McLarenHOST
There's obviously a lot of focus on John Farnham at the moment with that massive concert in Melbourne recently and so on and so forth.
Michael McLarenHOST
We can't just be talking about interest rates all day.
Michael McLarenHOST
We've got to have a bit of light relief, don't we? Today is 40 years since the release of Whispering Jack, probably the greatest Australian album of all time.
Michael McLarenHOST
Certainly as far as sales are concerned, it is.
Michael McLarenHOST
The highest-selling album in Australia by an Australian artist, 24 times platinum, so that means close to 1.7 million copies have been sold over the years, remains the third best-selling album of all time.
Michael McLarenHOST
in Australia, and there's been a lot of interest and talk about John Farnham recently, obviously, and for obvious reasons.
Michael McLarenHOST
That incredible concert in Melbourne last week, just part of all of that.
Michael McLarenHOST
But really, Whispering Jack was what launched, if we can call it the second half of his career.
Michael McLarenHOST
the adult part of his career in many respects.
Mark LevyHOST
John Farnham.
Mark LevyHOST
Well, his album Whispering Jack was released on this day in Australia in 1986.
Mark LevyHOST
So any opportunity to play a bit of Farnham, I do it on this show.
Mark LevyHOST
This is a song called Reasons.
Mark LevyHOST
Well, we've got a reason to play today, haven't we? Whispering Jack, released on this day back in 1986.
Mark LevyHOST
The album spent 25 weeks at number one in Australia.
Mark LevyHOST
And off the back of Michael Painter, performing the national anthem at the AFL Grand Final, he's touring with Whispering Jack.
Mark LevyHOST
This is a song by John Farnham called Reasons.
Trent NikolicHOST
What was the first Australian album released on CD, Robin?
Miriam MottGUEST
Whispering Jack.
Trent NikolicHOST
Ah, yes.
Trent NikolicHOST
Well done.
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Trent NikolicHOST
related to music.
Trent NikolicHOST
So I'll play a song for you.
Trent NikolicHOST
We'll wrap the show up later on with another John Farnham song from the Whispering Jack album, and we'll speak about movies with the great Dale Sinden.
Trent NikolicHOST
But I noticed this before we came on air, really sad news that broadcasting legend Margaret Throsby has been badly injured after being knocked down by two teenagers on an e-bike.
Tony McManusHOST
It was.
Tony McManusHOST
It was Whispering Jack back in 1986.
Tony McManusHOST
It only seems like yesterday, but it was John Farnham's Whispering Jack, and didn't we fall in love with it?
StephenAUDIENCE
Absolutely.
Tony McManusHOST
25 weeks at number one, if you don't mind.
Tony McManusHOST
No, that's not the one we're thinking of, but very close.
Tony McManusHOST
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Tony McManusHOST
Yes, it was Whispering Jack, as mentioned.
Mark LevyHOST
No backing track, just Michael Painter standing there with a microphone, belting it out, and that's the closest sound you'll ever get to John Farnham.
Mark LevyHOST
He's the star in Whispering Jack, Michael Painter, and as I said last week, if we need pre-game entertainment, I reckon Peter Volandi should give him a ring and get him up onto the stage.
Mark LevyHOST
If that's the way he sings the National Anthem, imagine him belting out some Farnham songs.
Mark LevyHOST
Brilliant.
JoeHOST
25 weeks across the late 1986 and mid-1987
TroyHOST
with Whispering Jack, John Farnham.
JoeHOST
We
TroyHOST
already spoke
TroyHOST
When did John Farnham's Chain Reaction come out? Different song.
JoeHOST
Different song.
JoeHOST
Well, it would have been on the album, I would have imagined, on Whispering Jack, was it?
TroyHOST
No.
Steve WoodsGUEST
Absolutely.
Steve WoodsGUEST
And the reason why Daryl Braithwaite had the comeback with the Edge album was that he'd seen what John Farnham had done with Whispering Jack and thought, I think Daryl may have been digging roads at the time and thought, maybe I should get back into the music industry and came back with just so many great songs.
Steve WoodsGUEST
I'm glad he did.
Steve WoodsGUEST
Madonna's Like a Prayer I think may have been the biggest hit of the year.
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